Pushing down the market by $18 in a few minutes only occurs when an agent bank of the Fed gets instructed to push the price down in order to move traders to the sell side for the day. The goal is to make the dollar look better than it really is. They attempt to hide the truth of the matter but ultimately the truth will be revealed.
Later today, the buyers enjoyed the price:
And the Dollar Index dropped back down. It appears that the weak gold and silver players may now be on the sidelines.